Gradual re-hab...

Monday 11/12/06:
Can't believe that Christmas Day is only 2 weeks away! This year is rapidly running out!
Its also one month today since the Kerikeri HM. All I've been able to do since then is 2 runs and 2 very brief jogs... ho hum... dwelling on it will not get me anywhere... I just have to keep finding a way forward, but take care not to rush it and suffer a set-back.

It was a gorgeous morning when I headed out the door at 6am. Not a breath of wind - unlike over the weekend. Typical Monday morning weather, when everyone is heading back to work/school !

Today I did 10mins of brisk walking on the flat and with all feeling good, then went into a 14min jog. Leg felt a bit better than it had when jogging on Saturday... but still a bit uncomfortable. I then walked a further 10mins. It was such a lovely morning that the last thing I wanted to do then was get showered and rush off to work...

Spoke to my physio again today and we are going to lay off the treatment for now and see if the leg keeps improving. She is happy for me to continue to jog in between a walk, provided I don't start to experience any pain at the time and provided it continues to feel good the rest of the time. However I think I may alternate days of walking & jogging with days of only walking for this week. As desperate as I am to get back to proper running again, the last thing I want to do is push it and experience a set-back.

End of year reports came home from school today and I was pleasantly surprised to see Courtney had pulled off straight A's for the second year running! Mind you, she absolutely loves school and learning, is extremely social and loves other people - so I guess its to be expected. I certainly wasn't like that at the same age! I was quiet, shy and lacked confidence... She is the opposite! I also heard from her teacher last week that she will be getting the class award at junior prize-giving on Friday! So guess who will be sitting in the front row for that! Parenting poses a lot of challenges - but it also has its rewards!

I also had a text from my friend Sara today - the one from England who was out here in Aug/Sept. She was texting to tell me she had just come first (woman) in the Majorca HM in a time of 86mins while there on a running weekend with her club! She was so excited at having got to run thru the finishing tape! Cool!